© 2026 All Rights reserved WUSF
Play Live Radio
Next Up:
0:00
0:00
0:00 0:00
Available On Air Stations
Our daily newsletter, delivered first thing weekdays, keeps you connected to your community with news, culture, national NPR headlines, and more.

A new obesity drug that hasn't been FDA approved is available on underground market

A new obesity drug that Eli Lilly is researching but hasn’t approved is turning up online, even though it’s not supposed to be available.

Here & Now‘s Peter O’Dowd speaks with Sarah Zhang, staff writer at the Atlantic.

This article was originally published on WBUR.org.

Copyright 2026 WBUR

Here & Now Newsroom
Thanks to you, WUSF is here — delivering fact-based news and stories that reflect our community.⁠ Your support powers everything we do.